Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Internecine Strife
Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1128-1134 (tr. Stephen Halliwell):
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So now I wish to take both parties here1129-1130 literally = you who with a single ablution besprinkle altars like kinsmen (Jeffrey Henderson in his commentary).
And reprimand you justly — you who share
A common ritual, just like men of kin,
At Olympia, Thermopylai, and Delphi
(The list could be extended, if required),
Yet while barbarian armies lie nearby,
You send Greek men and cities to destruction.
λαβοῦσα δ' ὑμᾶς λοιδορῆσαι βούλομαι
κοινῇ δικαίως, οἳ μιᾶς γ' ἐκ χέρνιβος
βωμοὺς περιρραίνοντες ὥσπερ ξυγγενεῖς 1130
Ὀλυμπίασιν, ἐν Πύλαις, Πυθοῖ — πόσους
εἴποιμ' ἂν ἄλλους, εἴ με μηκύνειν δέοι; —
ἐχθρῶν παρόντων βαρβάρῳ στρατεύματι
Ἕλληνας ἄνδρας καὶ πόλεις ἀπόλλυτε.
1129 γ' ἐκ Holford-Strevens (γε Boethe, ἐκ Bentley): τε R
1133 βαρβάρῳ Blaydes: βαρβάρων R
